Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "O ___! My ___!" — is not only tricky to decode, but the answers aren't obvious either.
Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #321, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #321, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #321.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #321 is... "O ___! My ___!"
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Fictional authority figures (or maybe heroes)".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- PAINT
- STAIN
- VAIN
- RANGERS
- CLOAK
- NUDE
Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with C and ends with N.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's CAPTAIN.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #321?
Drumroll, please...
- HOOK
- PLANET
- CRUNCH
- KANGAROO
- OBVIOUS
- UNDERPANTS
...and the spangram was CAPTAIN.
Strands #321
“O ___! My ___!”
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Hi Strands fans. This was an annoyingly tricky puzzle. It turns out that the theme of "O ___! My ___!" refers to the Walt Whitman poem "Oh Captain! My Captain", but that's something it took me a clue to figure out.
I had initially been looking for exclamations ("heavens", "goodness", "golly", etc.) but coming up empty I used a clue which revealed HOOK.
When I accidentally connected PLANET to its right, I realized this was about fictional captains, so duly connected the spangram of CAPTAIN across the middle of the board.
The remaining answers proved tricky. I couldn't see any of my likely candidates (Ahab, Kirk, Picard, America), so had to do things a little less tactically. I found CRUNCH in the top right, followed by KANGAROO on the left-hand side to complete the top half of the grid.
There were two answers on the bottom half, and neither jumped out to me. After a lot of trial and error, I connected OBVIOUS (which, ironically, was anything but) on the right-hand side, and that left just UNDERPANTS on the left to complete a rather tricky puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #320 right here.
